RUPERT MURDOCH is expected to launch a bid for the 61 per cent of Sky he does not own. This would be a disaster for the UK. If he succeeds his media penetration will approach Berlusconi levels of domination. His previous attempt to take over Sky in 2011 was thwarted at the last minute by the revelation that the News of the World hacked the phone of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler. If he gets total control of Sky, Murdoch will quickly start the process of turning it into a UK version of the despicable Fox network in the US. This would be the equivalent of the Sun on our TV screens. Currently, Ofcom keeps a tight rein on UK broadcasters - in stark contrast to the poodle-like press "watchdog" IPSO. But Murdoch now has David Cameron and his culture secretary John Whittingdale on side. Cameron has made it clear in the past that he thinks Ofcom is too powerful. This 38degress petition is part of The People v Murdoch campaign launched by the investigative website Press Gang. Already we've written to Ofcom chief executive Sharon White asking her to launch an inquiry. Read more in the Press Gang article http://wp.me/p3kXx7-dY This is a key battleground — the stakes could not be higher. If Ofcom deems Murdoch unfit, then he'll be forced to give up control of the 39 per cent of Sky. The empire would start to unravel ... The clock is ticking — please sign the petition!

Currently many members of his Wadebridge West believe he is not fulfilling his council duties while he serves as a Westminster member of parliament.

The future of NHS is a source of worry for a great swathe of the population. A huge majority of Doctors, experts and professionals linked with the NHS, see Jeremy Hunt's plans as a destructive force for a public service we all hold so dear. Many of his stats (such as the 20% increased likelihood of dying from a stroke at the weekend) have been called out as incorrect by those within the industry. As well as false media claims that those involved are quaffing champagne, whilst one doctor's payslip recently proved that it is possible to be paid as little as £2.61 an hour currently. The NHS is an important part of British culture and seen by many as one of the proudest achievements of Western democracy. The fact that it has currently been dragged into a slagging match at a national level, isn't the correct way to deal with such an issue. As it is a public service, and one that the public not only relies on but also holds in such high regard, the facts should be made public, with both sides allowed a say. Mr Hunt should show he holds the NHS is the same high regard as the public, by treating this situation with the respect it deserves and having an open public debate about these important issues.

I have seen more and more so called reporters think they can throw out any type of fabricated story... even if its racist and has no real truth to the people of great britain without first thinking about the british public and the impact of how the global community will see how the british media are behaving in the war to warp the minds and hearts of the day to day british citizen, through racist propaganda. i am now sick and tired of seeing good decent british men / women and families having to be branded a nation of racist bigots by what i call ''fascist dictator reporters'' . To demonize a people ( west papuans ) who as you all read this are being quietly murdered in a planed genocide , no thanks to the lack of intervention from the e.u. and u.s. would like you all to sign this petition to collectively as a strong british nation, eject nick parker out of his job and to give a real true investigative reporter the chance to make the global community see how great britain still is great... and not just a nation of racist ignorant fools that eat any type of racist propaganda and redress the balance of proper reporting. As a shining example of a true great nation that is fair and balanced in our reports on other nations. Please sign this petition and help me put the great back in british journalism / reporting

Too many areas of service are being or have been run by G4S and rarely has any company had such spectacular failings yet they still win contracts

An innocent man should have the right to return to work. Any company acting the way Bauer has done deserves all there sponsors to find there products being boycott by he general public.

Because the legacy and reputation built over the years that make the BBC one of the most credible media organisations on the planet, was done so with public funding. This legacy should therefore not be in the hands of profit driven organisations that would only destroy it after cashing in on our investment.

Right now, thanks to the selfless sacrifice of others, people all over the world every day at this very second are undergoing an organ transplant to save their lives but this is only part of a life long battle to stay alive. If you are one of those lucky enough to survive the transplant and the recovery period (which includes avoiding a number of complications, battling to prevent rejection, and in some cases hoping the disease doesn't take hold). In order to survive transplant patients have to take a variety of anti-rejection drugs every single day, drugs that they will take until the day they die. Transplant patients have no choice but to take the medication, without it they die. I know this because I am one of those transplant patients. After fighting through a period of ill health I recently felt well enough to get on with my life and I started work. The excitement of a new job was short lived when I found I had to start paying high prescription charges for the very medication I need to prevent my body from rejecting my transplant organ. I do not have a choice over taking this medication, it is literally life or death. I contacted my local MP and sent a letter to the Department for Health. The reply I received was simple: The medical exemption list was put together in 1968 and there are no plans to review this list. To me this is wrong. In 1968 there was no where near the amount of transplants as there are today and by not reviewing the list the Government are saying they do not care that people are forced to pay for life dependent medication. This is not good enough. In 2008 the Government promised to make prescriptions free for all those with long-term conditions in the coming years, however this has been scrapped by the current Government. However with enough signatures we can get the issue back on the agenda and make politicians answer to why they think it fair that transplant patients (who did not ask to be ill) pay prescription charges for life in order to survive.

The government's promise to provide greater numbers of "affordable housing" sounds good, the problem is that these homes are just not affordable to most people wishing to purchase their first home. Re-defining "affordable housing" to housing that can actually be afforded by families earning the national living wage would mean that these homes that the government has legislated could be bought by families who are currently priced out of ever buying their first home. With the erosion of social housing a growing problem, and for families not fortunate enough to have higher incomes and large deposits, many new and young families in particular are at the mercy of profiteering private landlords. Keeping the current requirements for affordable housing by developers, but making it realistically affordable, might start to address this problem.

Trident has little or no relevance in the 21st-century world - even for those with a belief in the so-called nuclear deterrent. There has not been an informed public debate on Trident for many years and few politicians appear seriously to consider the issue, simply wrapping themselves in the flags of patriotism and strength in support of an absurd, expensive and dangerous programme. Trade unionists, shamefully, are seeing the issue in terms of jobs. Have they not heard of swords into ploughshares? Jeremy Corbyn and other abolitionists are portrayed as crazed and unrealistic, of putting the country in grave danger. Yet there are politicians of all parties who believe we should not renew Trident (Michael Portillo and Lord Owen to name but two, neither in office now of course but with considerable experience of the issue) and many in the military. And the public? If we knew all the facts and could come to an informed judgement it is likely that the vast majority would vote against, preferring to spend the money on health, education, the environment, houses and so forth. We need a debate - now - before Parliament votes this spring.

There are 40,000 people in imminent danger of starvation and death in Madaya. Every day counts and, as each one passes by, more people will die. If your bombing campaign in Syria has any purpose, it must surely be to free the people of that Country from the tyranny of both Daesh and the equally tyrannical Assad regime. Whilst this airborne campaign continues, it is important that the United Kingdom shows compassion for those who are being subjugated by Assad, as well as terrorised by various fundamentalist groups. We cannot stand by and watch tens of thousands of people die through a lack of political will. For much less than the price of one air strike, we could feed these people for weeks. Please, Mr Cameron, act now.

Because it is way too easy to end up with a subscription you didn't actually want to renew or that is no longer a good deal. Whether you cancelled it in time or not, the onus is on you to ensure the renewal does not happen and to get proof you cancelled it. Let's stop all auto renewals, if customers want to renew their subscriptions they will get in touch at that point.